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Flower container or spill vase (Vase or spill vase)
Worcester Porcelain Factory, Robert Hancock
1753-1760
Category
Ceramics
Creator/Artist/Maker
Worcester Porcelain Factory (Possible maker)
Place of Origin
Worcester; Worcestershire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Museum Object Number
1958.0702.001
Credit Line/Donor
Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont
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Object Number
1958.0702.001
Object Name
Flower container or spill vase (Vase or spill vase)
Category
Ceramics
Creator (Role)
Worcester Porcelain Factory (Possible maker); Robert Hancock (Possible engraver and printer)
Place of Origin
Worcester; Worcestershire; England; United Kingdom; Europe
Date
1753-1760
Mark/Signature/Inscription/Label
Type: Label
Location: Underside
Inscription: Linen label with "3a49/ 1a"
Mark/Signature: No
Materials
- Porcelain (soft-paste)
- Lead glaze
Techniques
- Thrown
- Printed
Dimensions (inches)
4.3 (H) x 2.8 (Diam)
Dimensions (centimeters)
11 (H) x 7.2 (Diam)
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
Article: Chase, Juliet. 1998 Overglaze-Printed Worcester Porcelain at Winterthur. Ars Ceramica. 15
• Published: p. 50Book: Cook, Cyril. 1953 The Life and Work of Robert Hancock.
• Information on and illustration of print: Item 80Book: Handley, Joseph M. & Spero, Simon. 1991 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels.
• Similar Worcester vase: p. 113, no. 3.4, c. 1755Book: Handley, Joseph M. & Spero, Simon. 1991 18th Century English Transfer-Printed Porcelain and Enamels.
• Birmingham printed enamel snuff box with print after same source: p. 272, no. 13.6, with this and other Hancock prints, one dated 1754.Book: Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy. 1990 At Home: The American Family 1750-1870.
• Waisted vase with spills in painting: p. 51, shown on chimney mantle. Oil by John Carlin, 1869.Book: Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy. 1990 At Home: The American Family 1750-1870.
• Waisted vase with flowers in painting: p. 74, pair shown on chimney mantle. Oil by unknown artist, MA, c. 1800.Book: Manchip, David. An Encyclopaedia of British Ceramic Painters, Gilders and Modellers.
• Brief biography of Robert Hancock (c. 1729-1816): pp. 164-5, discussing work at Battersea Enamel Factory, Worcester works, Bristol, and Caughley.Book: Godden, Geoffrey A. 2004 Godden's Guide to English Blue and White Porcelain.
• Pull from Caughley copper plate and underglaze blue Caughley jug in same pattern (reversed): p. 441, pls. 548-49, c. 1780-85